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<span class=large>THE BOOK OF ALMA</span><br/> THE SON OF ALMA
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The commandments of Alma to his son Helaman.  Comprising chapters 36 and 37.
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CHAPTER 36
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Alma testifies to Helaman of his conversion by an angel—He suffered the pains of a damned soul; he called upon the name of Jesus, and was then born of God—Sweet joy filled his soul—He saw concourses of angels praising God—His converts have tasted and seen as he did.  About 73 <span class='small'>B.C.</span>
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My</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hel. 5: 13 (1-13); Moses 6: 58.">son</a>, give ear to my words; for I swear unto you, that inasmuch as ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall prosper in the land.
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I would that ye should do as I have done, in remembering the captivity of our fathers; for they were in <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/2a" mark="a" type="C" title="Mosiah 23: 23; Mosiah 24: 17 (17-21); TG Israel, Bondage of, in Egypt.">bondage</a>, and none could <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 26: 8.">deliver</a> them except it was the <sup>c</sup><a href="alma/36/2c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ex. 3: 6; Alma 29: 11.">God</a> of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and he surely did deliver them in their afflictions.
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And now, O my son Helaman, behold, thou art in thy youth, and therefore, I beseech of thee that thou wilt hear my words and learn of me; for I do know that whosoever shall put their <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Trust in God.">trust</a> in God shall be supported in their <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Rom. 8: 28.">trials</a>, and their troubles, and their afflictions, and shall be <sup>c</sup><a href="alma/36/3c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mosiah 23: 22 (21-22).">lifted</a> up at the last day.
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And I would not that ye think that I <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/4a" mark="a" type="C" title="1 Cor. 2: 11; Alma 5: 45 (45-46); TG Knowledge.">know</a> of myself—not of the temporal but of the spiritual, not of the <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/4b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Carnal Mind.">carnal</a> mind but of God.
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Now, behold, I say unto you, if I had not been <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Man, New, Spiritually Reborn.">born</a> of God I should <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="Alma 26: 21 (21-22).">not</a> have known these things; but God has, by the mouth of his holy <sup>c</sup><a href="alma/36/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mosiah 27: 11 (11-18).">angel</a>, made these things known unto me, not of any <sup>d</sup><a href="alma/36/5d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Worthiness.">worthiness</a> of myself;
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For I went about with the sons of Mosiah, seeking to <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 27: 10; Mosiah 28: 4 (3-4).">destroy</a> the church of God; but behold, God sent his holy angel to stop us by the way.
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And behold, he spake unto us, as it were the voice of thunder, and the whole earth did <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 6: 4; Mosiah 27: 18.">tremble</a> beneath our feet; and we all fell to the earth, for the <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/7b" mark="b" type="C" title="Prov. 2: 5; TG Fear of God.">fear</a> of the Lord came upon us.
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But behold, the voice said unto me: Arise.  And I arose and stood up, and beheld the angel.
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And he said unto me: If thou wilt of thyself be destroyed, seek no more to destroy the church of God.
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And it came to pass that I fell to the earth; and it was for the space of <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 27: 23 (19-23); Alma 38: 8.">three</a> days and three nights that I could not open my mouth, neither had I the use of my limbs.
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And the angel spake more things unto me, which were heard by my brethren, but I did <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 10: 7; Acts 9: 7 (3-7).">not</a> hear them; for when I heard the words—If thou wilt be destroyed of thyself, seek no more to destroy the church of God—I was struck with such great fear and amazement lest perhaps I should be destroyed, that I fell to the earth and I did hear no more.
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But I was racked with <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 19: 11 (11-15).">eternal</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/12b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Despair.">torment</a>, for my soul was <sup>c</sup><a href="alma/36/12c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Poor in Spirit; TG Repentance; TG Sorrow.">harrowed</a> up to the greatest degree and racked with all my sins.
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Yea, I did remember all my sins and iniquities, for which I was <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Guilt.">tormented</a> with the <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Moses 1: 20.">pains</a> of hell; yea, I saw that I had <sup>c</sup><a href="alma/36/13c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Disobedience.">rebelled</a> against my God, and that I had not kept his holy commandments.
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Yea, and I had <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 10: 28.">murdered</a> many of his children, or rather led them away unto destruction; yea, and in fine so great had been my iniquities, that the very thought of coming into the presence of my God did rack my soul with inexpressible horror.
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Oh, thought I, that I <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rev. 6: 16 (15-17); Alma 12: 14.">could</a> be banished and become extinct both soul and body, that I might not be brought to stand in the presence of my God, to be judged of my <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/15b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 59: 18; Alma 41: 3 (2-5); Alma 42: 27; D&C 1: 10 (9-10).">deeds</a>.
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And now, for three days and for three nights was I racked, even with the <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/16a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Pain.">pains</a> of a <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/16b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Damnation.">damned</a> soul.
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And it came to pass that as I was thus <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 119: 67.">racked</a> with torment, while I was <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/17b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Cor. 7: 10 (8-11).">harrowed</a> up by the <sup>c</sup><a href="alma/36/17c" mark="c" type="A" title="Alma 11: 43; D&C 18: 44.">memory</a> of my many sins, behold, I <sup>d</sup><a href="alma/36/17d" mark="d" type="A" title="1 Ne. 10: 17 (17-19); Enos 1: 3.">remembered</a> also to have heard my father prophesy unto the people concerning the coming of one Jesus Christ, a Son of God, to atone for the sins of the world.
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Now, as my mind caught hold upon this thought, I cried within my heart: O Jesus, thou Son of God, <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 15: 22.">have</a> mercy on me, who am <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/18b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE in extreme remorse.">in</a> the <sup>c</sup><a href="alma/36/18c" mark="c" type="A" title="Jonah 2: 2; Acts 8: 23.">gall</a> of bitterness, and am encircled about by the everlasting <sup>d</sup><a href="alma/36/18d" mark="d" type="A" title="Prov. 5: 22; 2 Ne. 9: 45; 2 Ne. 28: 22; Alma 12: 11 (10-11); Moses 7: 26.">chains</a> of <sup>e</sup><a href="alma/36/18e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Death, Spiritual, First.">death</a>.
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And now, behold, when I thought this, I could remember my <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/19a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Peace of God.">pains</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/19b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 31: 34; D&C 19: 16.">no</a> more; yea, I was harrowed up by the memory of my sins no more.
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And oh, what <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/20a" mark="a" type="C" title="Moses 5: 11; TG Forgiveness; TG Joy.">joy</a>, and what marvelous light I did behold; yea, my soul was filled with joy as exceeding as was my pain!
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Yea, I say unto you, my son, that there could be nothing so exquisite and so bitter as were my pains.  Yea, and again I say unto you, my son, that on the other hand, there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy.
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Yea, methought I saw, even as our father <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/22a" mark="a" type="C" title="1 Ne. 1: 8; TG God, Manifestations of.">Lehi</a> saw, God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels, in the attitude of singing and <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/22b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 6: 3 (1-4).">praising</a> their God; yea, and my soul did long to be there.
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But behold, my limbs did receive their <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Moses 1: 10.">strength</a> again, and I stood upon my feet, and did manifest unto the people that I had been <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/23b" mark="b" type="C" title="Alma 22: 15; Alma 38: 6; TG Conversion.">born</a> of God.
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Yea, and from that time even until now, I have labored without ceasing, that I might bring souls unto <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 19: 29.">repentance</a>; that I might bring them to <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/24b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 34: 8; 1 Ne. 8: 12; Mosiah 4: 11.">taste</a> of the exceeding joy of which I did taste; that they might also be <sup>c</sup><a href="alma/36/24c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Holy Ghost, Baptism of.">born</a> of God, and be <sup>d</sup><a href="alma/36/24d" mark="d" type="C" title="2 Ne. 32: 2 (2, 5); 3 Ne. 9: 20; TG Holy Ghost, Mission of.">filled</a> with the Holy Ghost.
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Yea, and now behold, O my son, the Lord doth <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/25a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Reward.">give</a> me exceedingly great joy in the fruit of my <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/25b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Work, Value of.">labors</a>;
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For because of the <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 10: 11; Jacob 2: 8; Alma 31: 5; D&C 108: 7.">word</a> which he has imparted unto me, behold, many have been born of God, and have <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/26b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Pet. 2: 3 (1-3).">tasted</a> as I have tasted, and have seen eye to eye as I have seen; therefore they do know of these things of which I have spoken, as I do know; and the knowledge which I have is of God.
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And I have been supported under trials and troubles of every kind, yea, and in all manner of afflictions; yea, God has <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 14: 28 (26-29).">delivered</a> me from prison, and from bonds, and from death; yea, and I do put my trust in him, and he will still <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/27b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 34: 17.">deliver</a> me.
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And I know that he will <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 26: 7; 3 Ne. 15: 1.">raise</a> me up at the last day, to dwell with him in <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/28b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Exaltation.">glory</a>; yea, and I will <sup>c</sup><a href="alma/36/28c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ezra 3: 11 (11-13); 2 Ne. 9: 49.">praise</a> him forever, for he has <sup>d</sup><a href="alma/36/28d" mark="d" type="A" title="Mosiah 12: 34; D&C 103: 16.">brought</a> our fathers out of Egypt, and he has swallowed up the <sup>e</sup><a href="alma/36/28e" mark="e" type="A" title="Ex. 14: 27 (26-27).">Egyptians</a> in the Red Sea; and he led them by his power into the promised land; yea, and he has delivered them out of bondage and captivity from time to time.
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Yea, and he has also brought our fathers out of the land of Jerusalem; and he has also, by his everlasting power, delivered them out of <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/29a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 24: 17; Mosiah 25: 10; Mosiah 27: 16; Alma 5: 5 (5-6); Alma 29: 12 (11-12).">bondage</a> and captivity, from time to time even down to the present day; and I have always retained in remembrance their captivity; yea, and ye also ought to retain in remembrance, as I have done, their captivity.
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But behold, my son, this is not all; for ye ought to know as I do know, that <sup>a</sup><a href="alma/36/30a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 1: 20.">inasmuch</a> as ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall <sup>b</sup><a href="alma/36/30b" mark="b" type="A" title="Mosiah 1: 7; Alma 37: 13; Alma 50: 20.">prosper</a> in the land; and ye ought to know also, that inasmuch as ye will not keep the commandments of God ye shall be cut off from his presence.  Now this is according to his word.
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